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By Hana Illikkal, Yalla Vote: MA intern On Friday, June 29th, Steven Austerer and I set up a voter registration booth in the Selimiye Mosque in Methuen, MA for the Friday prayer to encourage the Arab American and Muslim communities to take full advantage of the political power they possess...

In a vote of 5-4, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled on June 26th to uphold the Muslim Ban, indefinitely banning certain visa holders and applicants from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Yemen, Syria, North Korea, and Venezuela, most of which are predominantly Muslim countries. The ruling rejects all the...

By Lea Kayali I live three blocks away from the White House. I pass the Organization of American States and the World Bank on my way to work every day. I have protested in front of the Supreme Court and toured the monuments on a Saturday afternoon. In many ways,...

By Allison Ulven On June 11, a brain hemorrhage claimed the life of a man whose work made incredible impacts on science and medicine. His legacy will remain as his vaccines continue to save hundreds of thousands of lives every year. Dr. Adel Mahmoud was born on August 24, 1941...

By Blaise Malley On May 24th, 2018, Orlando police Chief John Mina confirmed that the Orlando Police Department had installed three cameras equipped with Amazon’s facial recognition software known as Rekognition in downtown Orlando, in addition to five cameras that were already in place at the OPD headquarters. The technology...

By Allison Ulven On Thursday, June 28, the Foundation for Middle East Peace hosted a panel discussion titled “Complex Palestinian Narratives & Competing Political Visions.” The event addressed the problems and misconceptions Americans have about what the people of Palestine are seeking. Many tend to have a “single, monolithic viewpoint,”...

Yesterday the Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. Hawai’i, the Muslim Ban case. By a vote of 5-4 the Court handed a significant victory to the Trump Administration. The decision willfully disregarded the open bigotry on the part of the president and his administration which formed the foundation to the...

By Allison Ulven “My work as a food activist is cultural work.” Reem Assil uses her expert cooking skills as a way to unite her community, scrapping prejudice whenever possible. Growing up in Boston, there were times when Reem’s Arab heritage made her different from her fellow students, like bringing...

By Allison Ulven Throughout his career, Ayman Mohyeldin showed immense bravery, risking his life on dangerous assignments as a foreign news correspondent. His thorough and heartfelt reporting earned him a spot as one of Time Magazine’s most influential people. Ayman lived in his birthplace, Cairo, until the family moved to...